John Wesley Carroll

John Wesley Carroll (Wichita, Kansas 1892 - Albany, New York 1959)[1] was an American painter known for his modernist portraits.

Biography

John Carroll was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in San Francisco, California,[2] and was active between 1920 and 1940. He studied art at the University of California, Berkeley and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship,[3] which allowed him to travel and work in Europe. Among several others, his work has been exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art,[4] the Whitney Museum, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.[5] He divided his time between his studio in New York City and his farm in East Chatham, New York where he raised cattle for the war effort.[6] Carroll died in Albany, NY in 1959.[1]

Style

Carroll was known for his romantic portraits of women [7][2] His major influences included Paul Cézanne, George Bellows, and Andrew Dasburg.[2]

Carroll, John Wesley (c. 1940) Leda and the Swan [Mixed media on board]

References
  1. "John Carroll | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
  2. "John Carroll | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org.
  3. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | John Wesley Carroll".
  4. "John Carroll | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  5. "John Wesley Carroll - Artist Biography for John Wesley Carroll". www.askart.com.
  6. "John Carroll (1892 - 1959)". Brier Hill Gallery.
  7. "John Carroll: Non-Conformist | Esquire | AUGUST 1938". Esquire | The Complete Archive.
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